Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 1
| 193 | The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace. | |
| 1533 | Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's new queen, is crowned. | |
| 1774 | The British government orders the port of Boston closed. | |
| 1789 | The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law. | |
| 1812 | American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!" | |
| 1862 | General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines. | |
| 1864 | The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank. | |
| 1868 | James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies. | |
| 1877 | U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico. | |
| 1915 | Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England. | |
| 1916 | The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men. | |
| 1921 | A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people. | |
| 1939 | The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York. | |
| 1941 | The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends. | |
| 1942 | America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union. | |
| 1958 | Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France. | |
| 1963 | Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama. | |
| 1978 | The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow. | |
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Born on June 1 |
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| 1563 | Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. | |
| 1801 | Brigham Young, American religious leader. | |
| 1814 | Philip Kearney, Union general. | |
| 1831 | John B. Hood, Confederate general. | |
| 1878 | John Masefield, English poet. | |
| 1898 | Molly Picon, comic actress and singer. | |
| 1901 | John van Druten, English playwright (I am a Camera). | |
| 1926 | Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker), film actress and icon. | |
| 1932 | Christopher Lasch, American social critic and writer. | |
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